We Have The Talent Right Here

Dear Editor

A little transparency here please. Thank you dear Douglases for your letter to the editor, "Have We Missed Something?" Myself, and I'll bet many others, thought, what was that in the paper? A search for a superintendent?

Being a "successful rural district" we have the talent right here under our noses -- Mr. Linton. Just what we need, another professional who will move in and treat us like we are hicks. I personally hate the patronizing attitude, you know the one, "all professionals live in Bloomington." Mr. Linton lives in Poland.

We need a committee from I.U., Purdue, Ball State and ISU to pick our next leader? A pamphlet to prospectives? Is this fiscally responsible, or was it free?

We have the candidate in our midst, a man here who has devoted more than 20 years of his career to Owen County. I'm one of the lucky parents whose daughter he taught in the third grade. He had a tough act to follow; she had Fred Walden in the second grade. "He could swing the kids higher than anybody." Two fantastic teachers. Mr. Linton had my child in 1991. His classroom with the fort was an exciting learning and playful experience.

"Yah," let's get a second or third in line from another district, one lacking experience and knowledge of our county, "for shore;" hick enough for you? Come on down, or up, and cut your teeth on our community and students.

So to all of us who live in the "Southern Uplands" (a National Geographic quote), my name is Barbara Bauer, a resident of Spencer whose daughter had a very successful 12-year experience. A district I want my children to occupy, but only under the best leadership.